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EUR/USD breaks major resistance at 1.39
May 7th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Instead of declining from 1.39, a multi-year down-trend, the Euro notably appreciated, as was suggested by the technical indicators. Considering that the signals remain strongly positive, the rally may extend further, at least up to the rising ...
China Buys Friends and Influences Nations
May 6th, 2014
If you can’t beat them, outspend them. That seems to be the thinking behind a huge new infrastructure investment fund being promoted by China as an alternative to established international lending agencies. It’s a terrible rationale for starting a ...
USD/CHF retains bearish outlook
May 5th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook At first the new up-trend support line triggered a rally in USD/CHF, forcing it to surge all the way to 0.8832/31. But subsequently the currency pair did not manage to withstand the selling pressure and was broken. ...
USD/JPY unable to breach monthly PP
April 30th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/JPY seems to have once again failed at 102.72/56 (monthly PP and 100-day SMA), thereby calling into question the currency pair’s ability to recover in the long run. Still, being that the key supports remain intact, such ...
EUR/USD plummets from 1.39
April 30th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As soon as EUR/USD approached 1.39, it was immediately sold off down to the support are around 1.38, which consists of the monthly PP and 55-day SMA. And while this may potentially alleviate the downward pressure due ...
Invesco Fined, EU Stress Test, Libor Charges: Compliance
April 29th, 2014
Invesco Perpetual (IPE) was fined 18.6 million pounds ($31.3 million) for failing to comply with risk limits or tell clients about the use of derivatives as leverage in their funds. Invesco Perpetual, the largest retail investment manager in the ...
USD/JPY to re-test 100-day SMA
April 29th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The strong upward impulse seen yesterday confirmed that USD/JPY still deserves a bullish outlook. Now the pair is facing the 100-day SMA and monthly PP. Last week this supply area prevented further appreciation of the U.S. Dollar ...
USD/CHF refuses to decline
April 28th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook After opening with a downside gap USD/CHF changed the direction and it is now moving back to the down-trend resistance. Still, the outlook on the currency pair remains bearish for the time being, as none of the ...
USD/JPY gets closer to key support
April 28th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/JPY failed to find support in the face of the weekly PP and 38.2% Fibo and fell last week. Nonetheless, there are strong supports nearby that may reverse the bearish tendency and trigger buying interest. One of ...
What Obama and Abe Didn’t Talk About
April 25th, 2014
As New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently reminded readers, the dirtiest word an economist can call you is “Japanese.” Swedes must be stewing with regret for giving Krugman that Nobel Prize, after one of his columns likened the ...
